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he also got higher taxes via obamacare. the president's sequester is the wrong way to reduce the deficit, but it is here to stay until washington democrats get serious about cutting spending. the government simply cannot keep delaying the inevitable and spending money it doesn't have. unquote. question, president obama wants to pin sequestration on the republicans. speaker boehner calls sequestration, as you saw, quote unquote, the president's sequester. is he right? >> yes, he is right, in that it was proposed by the president and by his folks when they had the budget impasse, as a way of i say, putting pressure on both sides at some point to deal with it. but our government is so dysfunctional we are at this particular stage now. the problem now is, where do we go from here in terms of this is going to undermine the confidence of the country in the government, and its ability to address problems. it is going to undermine the confidence of business who wants to invest. this is just another disgrace in terms of the way the
he also got higher taxes via obamacare. the president's sequester is the wrong way to reduce the deficit, but it is here to stay until washington democrats get serious about cutting spending. the government simply cannot keep delaying the inevitable and spending money it doesn't have. unquote. question, president obama wants to pin sequestration on the republicans. speaker boehner calls sequestration, as you saw, quote unquote, the president's sequester. is he right? >> yes, he is right,...
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that included on taxes. -- that is imploded on taxes. now with president obama's win on taxes around the fiscal with the're left sequestered. there are some hard feelings on what happened on the tax bill. there are ardent conservatives, the peak -- the tea party people around here who see that as a way to lock in budget cuts and nobody seems to be able to avoid it. and quite frankly, it seems like there has been a recognition that the only way to stop the sequester is to let it happen and let us feel the effects. what we heard from chairman joe -- chairman rogers is a description of the problem that he does not have the solution and nobody appeared as. >> so sequestration happens. are you saying they go back and fix it? through what mechanism? >> that is unclear. >> @ think everybody is hoping -- overall, lawmakers like hal rogers are hoping that this is my take away, that once it happens, they cannot stop until march 1. i don't think they see any way to do it until then. but he hopes that people will but he hopes that people will see th
that included on taxes. -- that is imploded on taxes. now with president obama's win on taxes around the fiscal with the're left sequestered. there are some hard feelings on what happened on the tax bill. there are ardent conservatives, the peak -- the tea party people around here who see that as a way to lock in budget cuts and nobody seems to be able to avoid it. and quite frankly, it seems like there has been a recognition that the only way to stop the sequester is to let it happen and let...
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and that gets us into the big questions, the big debate about spending and entitlement cuts and taxes and so on. so i'm hoping that we can get back to regular order. that's been my goal in this job since i've had it, try to get us back to the point where we pass individual bills under open rules, amend them, perfect them, send them to the senate, they do the same, and then we have a conference with the senate to work it out. that's the way the place is supposed to operate. and i've been trying to get us back to that point. but you've got to have two parties to tango. and the house has tangoed and the senate was asleep. >> what about putting the pentagon bill on to the c.r.? >> and in the continuing resolution that i hope we can put together, i'd like to take the house-passed and the senate-passed appropriations for the defense department and military construction and veterans. those two bills. i'd like to take what we passed through the house and senate and conference, and we've agreed on those bills, i'd like to insert them in the c.r. which would give the pentagon some much-needed f
and that gets us into the big questions, the big debate about spending and entitlement cuts and taxes and so on. so i'm hoping that we can get back to regular order. that's been my goal in this job since i've had it, try to get us back to the point where we pass individual bills under open rules, amend them, perfect them, send them to the senate, they do the same, and then we have a conference with the senate to work it out. that's the way the place is supposed to operate. and i've been trying...
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when we talk about taxes and tax reform, the polls are a part of tax reform. closing loopholes is as necessary to pay for ticket tax rates down to have -- to help businesses, to create jobs, to get people back to work. if we use to pull to chase higher spending than we are forgoing tax reform and missing our opportunity for economic growth. i just want to make that very clear for the record because people here rhetoric to the contrary. >> thank you, mr. chairman. first, just a little bit on the math. the chairman pointed out that while we will have 1.5 trillion dollars in cuts over the next 10 years as a result of the spending caps, there were other onetime spending measures. that includes a payroll tax cut which is probably the single biggest item in that. i think we should have faced that out rather than having gone cold turkey. the point is a big chunk of that number has to do with lost revenue from a payroll tax cut that was supported by the great majority in this body. as i said in my opening remarks, i think our overall objective in the short, medium, an
when we talk about taxes and tax reform, the polls are a part of tax reform. closing loopholes is as necessary to pay for ticket tax rates down to have -- to help businesses, to create jobs, to get people back to work. if we use to pull to chase higher spending than we are forgoing tax reform and missing our opportunity for economic growth. i just want to make that very clear for the record because people here rhetoric to the contrary. >> thank you, mr. chairman. first, just a little bit...
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this the only tax. i think we should have no more taxes. we just did a huge amount of taxes. this one is going to raise a lot more money than they realize. a lot of people -- >> fairness. >> change the revenue, change their income to capital gains versus ordinary income and pay much lower tax. one thing i don't think we're talking about very much is the fact that the interest payments on the debt are going to skyrocketo become normalized once again. the former hedge fund manager who a came on the show who you referred to moments ago talking about the fact rates right now are making everything look totally manipulated because they are such low rates. once rates normalize, we're talking $500 billion in interest payments for the united states to actually finance the debt. that's going to make $85 billion look like a drop in the hat. >> when the rates go back up we have $500 billion -- >> it's about the bond market. the bond market is a funny thing. so far the markets have not been reacting to any of this. >> bd markets haven't been reacting. >> at some point, the bond market is
this the only tax. i think we should have no more taxes. we just did a huge amount of taxes. this one is going to raise a lot more money than they realize. a lot of people -- >> fairness. >> change the revenue, change their income to capital gains versus ordinary income and pay much lower tax. one thing i don't think we're talking about very much is the fact that the interest payments on the debt are going to skyrocketo become normalized once again. the former hedge fund manager who...
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tax and spending cuts. we don't have the policy details. it's only an outline and not a plan and hard to evaluate. the idea that people can't disagree while being an american is ridiculous. they have changed their own plan dramatically. >> "the washington post" columnist and msnbc contributor, ezra klein, thank you. >> thank you. >>> mark sanford admitting to making mistakes in his personal life but not his political life. his chances of being elected to congress. that is coming up. i'm serious, we compare our direct rates side by side to find you a great deal, even if it's not with us. [ ding ] oh, that's helpful! well, our company does that, too. actually, we invented that. it's like a sauna in here. helping you save, even if it's not with us -- now, that's progressive! call or click today. no mas pantalones! >>> all right. so we all make mistakes. well, that's what former south carolina governor mark sanford says about the sex scandal that derailed his political career, but he is making a comeback, and h
tax and spending cuts. we don't have the policy details. it's only an outline and not a plan and hard to evaluate. the idea that people can't disagree while being an american is ridiculous. they have changed their own plan dramatically. >> "the washington post" columnist and msnbc contributor, ezra klein, thank you. >> thank you. >>> mark sanford admitting to making mistakes in his personal life but not his political life. his chances of being elected to congress....
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when it comes to taxes, we actually have proposed tax reform that will protect our low middle income families, allow our economies to grow more quickly. what you're saying, those states without an income tax actually do better in terms of income growth. if you want to encourage income growth, stop taxing it, discouraging it. i think we'll actually see higher income, economic growth as a result of getting rid of the income tax. >> it helps to have oil and gas which we don't have at home. it's always about what kind of community, commonwealth, state or country. we believe at a time when the whole world economy is involved in knowledge explosion we have to invest there. i'm proud of what we've done number one in student achievement. it's true we are 1% higher in unemployment one growing opportunity we have a stake in. we've got a winning strategy. >> before you first grow i want to pin you down on politics. to all of us who cover these matters it appears you're positioning yourself for a presidential run. one level of criticism has come from the plumb line blog in the "washington post"
when it comes to taxes, we actually have proposed tax reform that will protect our low middle income families, allow our economies to grow more quickly. what you're saying, those states without an income tax actually do better in terms of income growth. if you want to encourage income growth, stop taxing it, discouraging it. i think we'll actually see higher income, economic growth as a result of getting rid of the income tax. >> it helps to have oil and gas which we don't have at home....
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increases for those who can easily afford tax increases? apparently that's not going to happen either. meanwhile, in action is having its consequences. the defense department told some 800,000 civilian employees to prepare for unpaid days off once these cuts take place. secretary of state john kerry warned allowing the sequester is bad for the nation's foreign policy as well. >> it's hard to tell the leadership of any number of countries that they have to resolve their economic issues if we don't resolve our own. let's reach the responsible agreement that prevents the senseless cuts. let's not lose this opportunity because of politics. >> john: rand pal agrees with the part about not losing this opportunity. only the opportunity he seems to want is a bigger sequester. >> this is not enough cuts. so we shouldn't be--if we get rid of this it shows that we're not serious as a nation about doing anything about our debt crisis. >> john: in other words have some cat food, grandma. through, there are questions about how much impact the cuts would
increases for those who can easily afford tax increases? apparently that's not going to happen either. meanwhile, in action is having its consequences. the defense department told some 800,000 civilian employees to prepare for unpaid days off once these cuts take place. secretary of state john kerry warned allowing the sequester is bad for the nation's foreign policy as well. >> it's hard to tell the leadership of any number of countries that they have to resolve their economic issues if...
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>> you know, tax revenues are off the table. the truth of the matter is, the president had his chance during the fiscal cliff, they had the bases loaded, all nine innings, they scored one run, and now they want some extra at bats, extra innings for higher taxes, it's not going to happen. the truth of the matter is, that republicans in the house are determined to close tax loopholes, but we're not going to do it to fuel more of the president's spending, we're going to do it to lower rates for families and businesses. >> i would just say, kevin, just as a parting thought, i think the messaging here should be pro growth, and i think you have every right to say, jared won't agree with me, i get that and a lot of democrats won't agree. you have every right to say that limited government is pro-growth and that, in fact, we saw that spending to gdp come down to the clinton years with good growth, during the reagan years with good growth, all the way back to post world war ii with good growth. and i think you all need a growth message.
>> you know, tax revenues are off the table. the truth of the matter is, the president had his chance during the fiscal cliff, they had the bases loaded, all nine innings, they scored one run, and now they want some extra at bats, extra innings for higher taxes, it's not going to happen. the truth of the matter is, that republicans in the house are determined to close tax loopholes, but we're not going to do it to fuel more of the president's spending, we're going to do it to lower rates...
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do you want to use it for lowering the tax deficit. it will increase the tax burden. that's a stunner, that would even come up. i don't think that's going to happen. republicans are a little worried which is why there's talk of passing some sort of bill which would give the administration greater flexibility to manage these cuts. but that aside, i'm pretty confident these cuts are absolutely going through. >> okay. let's look at this. what about all this rhetoric. ed rogers you've seen a few of they. i've seen a few of these government debates. military is going to go on strike. border patrol, fbi, courts, criminals, child care, education, meat food inspection. this is the same old usual crap isn't it? this is what these agencies come up with in order to avoid -- you know what? it sits not even a budget cut. it's not a real budget cut. it's just a lower baseline increase that's all it is. >> it's the parade of horribles and the worst scenario possible. the president is already using police officers and first responders as props. the cameras will find somebody somewher
do you want to use it for lowering the tax deficit. it will increase the tax burden. that's a stunner, that would even come up. i don't think that's going to happen. republicans are a little worried which is why there's talk of passing some sort of bill which would give the administration greater flexibility to manage these cuts. but that aside, i'm pretty confident these cuts are absolutely going through. >> okay. let's look at this. what about all this rhetoric. ed rogers you've seen a...
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we need to change our tax code. simplify the tax code. focus on the hardest problems on clean energy. i will not walk away from the promise of clean energy. as long as countries like china keep going in on clean energy, so must we. making america a magnet for new jobs and manufacture. this blue print begins with american manufacturing. >>> all of which is to say is what get said in the state of the union doesn't necessarily get done, at least not right away. let me ask you, imimmigration, reforming the tax code, some kind of carbon tax and manufacturing, you know, cleaning up the voting system, raising the minimum wage. what's really going to happen? >> i do agree with senator schumer from before that immigration reform in some form is doable. i think some movement on universal background checks is doable. who doesn't like manufacturing? it's like world peace. we can throw that in there, too. you know, washington is really like groundhog's day and the only thing i noticed from those clips is that boehner and biden keep switching ties from
we need to change our tax code. simplify the tax code. focus on the hardest problems on clean energy. i will not walk away from the promise of clean energy. as long as countries like china keep going in on clean energy, so must we. making america a magnet for new jobs and manufacture. this blue print begins with american manufacturing. >>> all of which is to say is what get said in the state of the union doesn't necessarily get done, at least not right away. let me ask you,...
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they want to see new taxes in the form of closing loopholes and things like that. that can be an idea that they would go along with. that is not what they are talking about. all the tax give backs they give in december, that means we are at a standoff and the president can use the power of interviews and travel and the stage craft that is putting pressure on him. >> she going straight to the american people and the white house press corps to get to the american people. what are you hearing behind the scenes? hurt feelings complaining about the weekend golf match and now this snub? >> there is a real issue here that may not be as obvious to people when they hear about the white house press corps being rattled. it's an issue about access. there is sort of a long decades long commitment to have the press pool that represents all of the media very close and accessible any time he is in public. people who covered the white house seen presidents of both parties do interviews with important constituencies and various markets. it's often a campaign strategy where you see i
they want to see new taxes in the form of closing loopholes and things like that. that can be an idea that they would go along with. that is not what they are talking about. all the tax give backs they give in december, that means we are at a standoff and the president can use the power of interviews and travel and the stage craft that is putting pressure on him. >> she going straight to the american people and the white house press corps to get to the american people. what are you...
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to raise taxes. and democrats readily fall into the trap of providing tax revenue for the government, not because democrats are weak but because democrats are responsible when it comes to taxation, and republicans know they can rely on democrats being responsible. republicans know they never have to raise money to pay their bills. they know democrats will do that. george w. bush and his republican congress knew they could enact huge tax cuts, they knew they could completely wipe out the budget surplus that bill clinton created by raising taxes eight years earlier. republicans knew they could then rack up massive deficits and never even consider fact for the two wars that george bush started. republicans knew they could do all that because they knew eventually the responsible party would come back into power and raise taxes. but how would republicanism work if the democrats never came back into power? if funding the government was actually up to republicans and only republicans? according to their the
to raise taxes. and democrats readily fall into the trap of providing tax revenue for the government, not because democrats are weak but because democrats are responsible when it comes to taxation, and republicans know they can rely on democrats being responsible. republicans know they never have to raise money to pay their bills. they know democrats will do that. george w. bush and his republican congress knew they could enact huge tax cuts, they knew they could completely wipe out the budget...
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taxes are off the table. i've read the democrat proposal that even chuck schumer said is just a chess piece, so the american people need to know tax cuts are off the table, and the republican party is not in any way going to trade spending cuts for a tax increase. >> so you -- you have heard all these dire warnings, so you think republicans are willing to walk off this particular cliff and say, no, we are not going to raise taxes in order to stop these across-the-board cuts which will dig deeply into the defense budget, among other things. >> i think there are much better ways to do the budget cuts, and i welcome that sort of discussion with the president, but the cuts are going to occur. we're talking about 2.5% of what we spend this year, and this is just the first year of ten years of cuts, so you have to be realistic about this. families all across the country, candy, have had their budgets cut by larger than that as a result of the economic downturn. >> you don't believe all the dire warnings that it's g
taxes are off the table. i've read the democrat proposal that even chuck schumer said is just a chess piece, so the american people need to know tax cuts are off the table, and the republican party is not in any way going to trade spending cuts for a tax increase. >> so you -- you have heard all these dire warnings, so you think republicans are willing to walk off this particular cliff and say, no, we are not going to raise taxes in order to stop these across-the-board cuts which will dig...
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who's the best on tax cuts? republicans. who do i want to protect mother or own medicare for every test i want, every option i want? democrats. spread it around and expect huge debt. >> that's exactly right. we're not going to solve the deficit until we have essentially a voting public that rewards people for either cutting benefits, medical or social security and raising taxes. right now we're not at the point -- maybe we don't need to be because the deficit is not an immediate cry suss but we're not of the point we're willing to vote for people who are either going to do real cutting of spending or real raising of taxes. that's not the other guy. cut his or her benefits and raise his taxes. it's got to affect us as well. we're not there yet. chris: do we need to cut the zphet >> we need to cut the debt long term. national debt is a level that is scary. it is going to grow in coming years of the baby boomers. do we need to cut it today with the economy still as weak as it is? no, we don't. the idea debt is a problem and man
who's the best on tax cuts? republicans. who do i want to protect mother or own medicare for every test i want, every option i want? democrats. spread it around and expect huge debt. >> that's exactly right. we're not going to solve the deficit until we have essentially a voting public that rewards people for either cutting benefits, medical or social security and raising taxes. right now we're not at the point -- maybe we don't need to be because the deficit is not an immediate cry suss...
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he's not just saying let's raise taxes. he said the obvious we in america cannot continue to spend more than we take in. it's something i don't have the luxury of as mayor doing. what i see the president doing is putting tremendous cuts on the table trillions of dollars of cuts. you just heard the chief of staff say they're willing to put $4 trillion in cuts but it has to be in a balanced way. the challenge i see right now if this happens the sequester happens, the cuts will be blunt brutal and mind as opposed to being intelligent and insightful. and it will not invest. it will stop us from investing in those critical areas in america we must invest on if we want long-term economic growth. >> schieffer: mr. mayor let me ask you one thing, frank lautenber, the long-term senator from new jersey said he will not seek reelection. you said you were thinking about it. i think you put together some sort of a pac. are you going to seek the democratic nomination for the senate seat in new jersey? >> clearly it's a job i'm interested
he's not just saying let's raise taxes. he said the obvious we in america cannot continue to spend more than we take in. it's something i don't have the luxury of as mayor doing. what i see the president doing is putting tremendous cuts on the table trillions of dollars of cuts. you just heard the chief of staff say they're willing to put $4 trillion in cuts but it has to be in a balanced way. the challenge i see right now if this happens the sequester happens, the cuts will be blunt brutal and...
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higher gasoline prices, higher taxes, weakening the economy and taxes, weakening the economy and harris on what the future holds. ♪ grew up in a small town and when the rain would fall down ♪ ♪ i'd just stare out my window ♪ ♪ dreaming of what could be and if i'd end up happy ♪ ♪ i would pray i could breakaway ♪ ♪ i'll spread my wings and i'll learn how to fly ♪ i'll do what it takes till i touch the sky ♪ ♪ i gotta make a wish, take a chance, make a change, and break away ♪ ♪ out of the darkness and into the sun ♪ ♪ i won't forget all the ones that i love ♪ ♪ i gotta take a risk, take a chance, make a change, and break away ♪ lou: delighted the chief commiist, ubs, will be joining us here to give us his outlook on the economy and view on the stock market, but wall street ended with a rally. s&p gained 13. the nasdaq picked up 30 points. volume on the big board today down to 3.4 billion shares. the courts handed green light capital a victory in the fight with apple to return $137 billion to shareholders. apple shares up a share today, just winning a
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and cantor keeps saying, "we're not raising taxes, we're just not doing the tax thing." and so, that's basically where they hit a wall. >> narrator: but biden had a bombshell for cantor-- he revealed the secret talks between the president and boehner. >> the biden people say that cantor hid it on his face; he didn't show his surprise, but he was shocked. he had no idea that boehner was negotiating with obama. boehner hadn't told him. >> cantor is upset a says, "look, i get more information out of joe biden than i do my speaker." and he's quite upset. >> it's humiliating. and it bruised him, and i think created a lot of tension between he and speaker boehner. >> narrator: then cantor heard-- for the first time-- boehner was offering the president hundreds of billions in tax revenue. it didn't take long for the information to leak. >> it's a bad idea for speaker boehner to meet alone with president obama... >> tea party nation calling for john boehner to step down... >> the screw-up is the leadership in the house of representatives... >> narrator: many of the new republica
and cantor keeps saying, "we're not raising taxes, we're just not doing the tax thing." and so, that's basically where they hit a wall. >> narrator: but biden had a bombshell for cantor-- he revealed the secret talks between the president and boehner. >> the biden people say that cantor hid it on his face; he didn't show his surprise, but he was shocked. he had no idea that boehner was negotiating with obama. boehner hadn't told him. >> cantor is upset a says,...
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one is to cut taxes from the wealthy and the other is to slash government. now, rand paul's numbers are completely famisched, as my grandmother would have said. on the other side, we've increased taxes. so there's already far more spending. the president is coming to the table saying let's make this deal a more balanced one in the interest of compromise and in the interest of not inflicting a wound on this economy and protecting all the economically vulnerable people you just mentioned and these guys are saying, no, more cults for the wealthy. >> so, again, it's once again way, way, way out 069 mainstr m mainstream. >> you had braught up about how this is something that they had voted for and i had said how they're trying to make it the president's sequester. the american people seem to be clear. americans in congress seem to have a 12% approval rating. americans seem to be clear on who's doing what for the american people. >> especially since the american party has made cutting spending their main mantra. once again, you're restating the republican goal. pe
one is to cut taxes from the wealthy and the other is to slash government. now, rand paul's numbers are completely famisched, as my grandmother would have said. on the other side, we've increased taxes. so there's already far more spending. the president is coming to the table saying let's make this deal a more balanced one in the interest of compromise and in the interest of not inflicting a wound on this economy and protecting all the economically vulnerable people you just mentioned and...
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fourth quarter earnings were up thanks to corporate tax credits but higher payroll taxes and delayed refunds took a toll on its bottom line. >>> a two-year study finds a staggering third of seafood sold in grocery stores and restaurants are mislabelled. snapper and tuna were the biggest culprits. snapper misrepresented a whopping 87% of the time. >>> united airlines says its boeing dreamliners won't fly until at least june 5th. meanwhile japanese investigators say they found the cause of fuel leaks and other problems but still investigating the 787's more serious battery issues. >>> americans who have a tv hooked up to a camera will be counted in nielsen ratings. the move comes a day after a bold move by billboard. we'll have more on that in entertainment. >>> good news for america's wine industry, new figures show wine exports set a record of more than $1.4 billion in revenue last year. and before you clean those wine glasses a national survey conducted by a home appliance maker found more than 40% of americans fight about loading the dishwasher. 61% argue about whether dishes shoul
fourth quarter earnings were up thanks to corporate tax credits but higher payroll taxes and delayed refunds took a toll on its bottom line. >>> a two-year study finds a staggering third of seafood sold in grocery stores and restaurants are mislabelled. snapper and tuna were the biggest culprits. snapper misrepresented a whopping 87% of the time. >>> united airlines says its boeing dreamliners won't fly until at least june 5th. meanwhile japanese investigators say they found...
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pay your fair tax. >> some cuts don't yield. we need good jobs now. pay your tax. >> let's bring in jonathan alter, msnbc political analyst and columnist for bloomberg view and katrina vanden heuvel, publisher of the nation magazine. great to have both of you with us tonight. jonathan, what do you make of this? we're talking about austerity when it's been proven if we go that route, it's going to hurt the economy. >> absolutely. in the short-run, you have to be nuts to want to cut spending right now. the real question for rational people is can we do something? and this is what the president favors, that tries to bring the deficit under control in the long-term. make some structural changes so that down the road, we can bring that deficit down. because a deficit of this size that we have now, approaching a trillion is not healthy for an economy in the long-term, even if, as michael grunwald says it doesn't cause higher interest rates and innovation in the short-run. in the long run it causes problems. liberals need to be careful not to get themselves
pay your fair tax. >> some cuts don't yield. we need good jobs now. pay your tax. >> let's bring in jonathan alter, msnbc political analyst and columnist for bloomberg view and katrina vanden heuvel, publisher of the nation magazine. great to have both of you with us tonight. jonathan, what do you make of this? we're talking about austerity when it's been proven if we go that route, it's going to hurt the economy. >> absolutely. in the short-run, you have to be nuts to want to...
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i mean, we just had a huge tax increase, that is already, according to the newspaper reports, hurting consumer spending. why do we-- why does he want another one? >> he wants that because it's part of the strategy that he has been running all along, which is to make it virtually impossible for the republicans to do business or sign up for it. he wants them to be in a rejectionist mode to blame them for pushing the government into sequester and add one more thing, palm. flexibility. there's another word for flexibility, it's responsibility and i do think that the republicans should push the continuing resolution that has the so-called flexibility. the president is in charge of the executive branch. let him take the responsibility for deciding how the cuts should be administered which he has been dodging for three years. >> i think, paul, the president is feeling confidence. his approval rating, 20 or so points higher of that of republicans. >> 20? >> and figured i beat them on the debt ceiling debate in 2011 and beat them on the fiscal cliff, i can do it again. the polls show that the
i mean, we just had a huge tax increase, that is already, according to the newspaper reports, hurting consumer spending. why do we-- why does he want another one? >> he wants that because it's part of the strategy that he has been running all along, which is to make it virtually impossible for the republicans to do business or sign up for it. he wants them to be in a rejectionist mode to blame them for pushing the government into sequester and add one more thing, palm. flexibility....
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first of all, no tax hikes. of course that's typical. spending cuts extending the debt ceiling increase, and spending caps. but while pushing those spending caps, boehner did what? he highlighted a special trigger mechanism -- sequestration. boehner was selling this idea to his caucus as a good way to make sure that they were going to be able to get the cuts that they really wanted. boehner loved the sequester. he said it would be a great way to make sure spending is cut across the board, and that's what the republicans wanted. when the bill was signed, boehner told the country, he told everybody just how much he loved it. >> when you look at this final agreement that we came to with the white house, you know, i got 98% of what i wanted. i'm pretty happy. >> wait a minute now. i thought it was the president's plan. see, folks, the lying just keeps coming. boehner continued his lies in an op-ed today. he said the president got his higher taxes, $600 billion from higher earners and no spending cuts at the end of 2012. well, let's do a litt
first of all, no tax hikes. of course that's typical. spending cuts extending the debt ceiling increase, and spending caps. but while pushing those spending caps, boehner did what? he highlighted a special trigger mechanism -- sequestration. boehner was selling this idea to his caucus as a good way to make sure that they were going to be able to get the cuts that they really wanted. boehner loved the sequester. he said it would be a great way to make sure spending is cut across the board, and...
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you raised oil and gas tax credits. now, certainly, republicans have not put that specifically on the table, that they have said they are open to closing loopholes. when we talk about revenue, it it is not necessary to blanket the republican party. the syntax -- they said taxes as revenue raisers are not on the table, but in terms of closing loopholes is something they said they would be in favor of, but what they want to do is lower rates. it is a nuance, but it is an important one. host: megan hughes, a reporter for bloomberg television and also for bloomberg government. she reported from the 2012 campaign trail and she has covered issues and topics at the affordable care act, state labor disputes and the battle over immigration issues. the next two to james madison university is troy. good morning. >> good morning. thank you for having me here at -- having me. unfortunately, the policies have not been that substantive. this is the republican party trying to change more to substance into its effort, or is this the rep
you raised oil and gas tax credits. now, certainly, republicans have not put that specifically on the table, that they have said they are open to closing loopholes. when we talk about revenue, it it is not necessary to blanket the republican party. the syntax -- they said taxes as revenue raisers are not on the table, but in terms of closing loopholes is something they said they would be in favor of, but what they want to do is lower rates. it is a nuance, but it is an important one. host:...
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so they feel like the cuts that are on the table are better than having to agree to tax increases. and the democrats feel like the cuts that are on the table are better than agreeing to different cuts in an equal amount that would just fall more heavily on social programs. so it is hard to see how they get out of this impasse by the particular sequester deadline. >> but ari, do all republicans think that? i mean, if john boehner is out there saying look, this is bad for national defense, these cuts. bad for the economy, he is even willing to say. that seems to me to demand that you do something to avoid them. and if that means closing some loopholes, that would be a reasonable outcome. i just don't see how boehner can continue to say how bad these cuts are and then not be willing to do some sort of compromise to avoid them. >> yes, the sequester was supposed to be the solution. and the premise of boehner's article today is that the sequester is the problem. so if the sequester is the problem, he pointed out, many others were really confounded by that article in "the wall street jou
so they feel like the cuts that are on the table are better than having to agree to tax increases. and the democrats feel like the cuts that are on the table are better than agreeing to different cuts in an equal amount that would just fall more heavily on social programs. so it is hard to see how they get out of this impasse by the particular sequester deadline. >> but ari, do all republicans think that? i mean, if john boehner is out there saying look, this is bad for national defense,...
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that is done with a tax credit. know there are great opportunities and not just for the economy but for our national security. host: how much money are we talking for the initiative? guest: a lot of that we will see in the upcoming budget. we have made progress. the government has a role to make sure that progress continues. host: did you hear he goes ahead with the keystone pipeline? guest: people are watching that very closely on both sides. i think it is too soon to say. host: does it create jobs? guest: most infrastructure is provided by the private sector. private-sector investment if the structure is about $1.8 trillion, a massive amount of money. the government spends $150 billion a year. we should get the private sector investing in infrastructure. two we're getting different perspectives on job creation. we will surely what the president had to say. [video clip] >> america's energy sector is one part. ask any ceo where they would like to locate and hire. high-tech schools, self healing power grids. the comp
that is done with a tax credit. know there are great opportunities and not just for the economy but for our national security. host: how much money are we talking for the initiative? guest: a lot of that we will see in the upcoming budget. we have made progress. the government has a role to make sure that progress continues. host: did you hear he goes ahead with the keystone pipeline? guest: people are watching that very closely on both sides. i think it is too soon to say. host: does it create...
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tax refund time is here. i'm with malcom and kelly who are looking for a great new smartphone. you think you can find one at walmart? maybe. let's go see. alright. let him tell you about sprint. we've got the samsung galaxy s iii on the sprint 4g lte network for just $148! nice! wow. and -- you get a $50 gift card. awesome. we can split it. i don't think so. okay. [ earl ] see for yourself. get a $50 walmart gift card when you buy any samsung smartphone on the sprint 4g lte network. now through march 2nd. walmart. in that time there've been some good days. and some difficult ones. but, through it all, we've persevered, supporting some of the biggest ideas in modern history. so why should our anniversary matter to you? because for 200 years, we've been helping ideas move from ambition to achievement. and the next great idea could be yours. ♪ i haven't thought about aspirin for years. aspirin wouldn't really help my headache, i don't think. aspirin is just old school. people have doubts about taking aspirin for pain. but they haven't experienced extra strength bayer advanced as
tax refund time is here. i'm with malcom and kelly who are looking for a great new smartphone. you think you can find one at walmart? maybe. let's go see. alright. let him tell you about sprint. we've got the samsung galaxy s iii on the sprint 4g lte network for just $148! nice! wow. and -- you get a $50 gift card. awesome. we can split it. i don't think so. okay. [ earl ] see for yourself. get a $50 walmart gift card when you buy any samsung smartphone on the sprint 4g lte network. now through...
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higher gasoline prices, higher taxes, weakening the economy and harris on what the future holds. lou: delighted the chief commiist, ubs, will be joining us here to give us his outlook on the economy and view on the stock market, but wall street ended with a rally. s&p gained 13. the nasdaq picked up 30 points. volume on the big board today down to 3.4 billion shares. the courts handed green liht capital a victory in the fight with apple to return $137 billion to shareholders. apple shares up a share today, just winning a battle in that war. hp up 12%, hopes the company is on the road to recovery after beating quarterly expectations. you remember when hp was written off. what was that? oh, about three months ago, wasn't it? for the week, the dow, the winner, the s&p down, snapping a seven week win streak. the nasdaq lost about 1%. gold closing at 15 72.80 an ounce, down $37 this week. crude oil with a gain at 93.13 a barrel. in the bond market, ten-year treasury yields. there's less of a threat to the economy than, well, some politicians suggest. joining us now with the economic o
higher gasoline prices, higher taxes, weakening the economy and harris on what the future holds. lou: delighted the chief commiist, ubs, will be joining us here to give us his outlook on the economy and view on the stock market, but wall street ended with a rally. s&p gained 13. the nasdaq picked up 30 points. volume on the big board today down to 3.4 billion shares. the courts handed green liht capital a victory in the fight with apple to return $137 billion to shareholders. apple shares...